Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MARKET, by JAMES STEPHENS Poet's Biography First Line: A man said to me at the fair Last Line: With the sixpence -- dirty lout! Subject(s): Markets; Supermarkets | ||||||||
A man said to me at the fair -- If you have got a poet's tongue Tumble up and chant the air That the Stars of Morning sung: -- I'll pay you, if you sing it nice, A penny-piece. -- I answered flat, -- Sixpence is the proper price For a ballad such as that. -- But he stared and wagged his head, Growling as he passed along -- Sixpence! Why I'd see you dead Before I pay that for a song. -- I saw him buy three pints of stout With the sixpence -- dirty lout! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SUPERMARKET IN TEXAS by MICHAEL BLUMENTHAL THE A & P by MINNIE BRUCE PRATT SELLING SPIEL ON MAXWELL STREET by CARL SANDBURG BLACK IS THE COLOR OF MY TRUE LOVE'S HAIR by REGINALD SHEPHERD TONE PICTURE (MALIPIERO: IMPRESSONI DAL VERO) by JEAN STARR UNTERMEYER A SUPERMARKET IN CALIFORNIA by ALLEN GINSBERG TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 4. A TRADE by EDWARD CARPENTER MADONNA OF THE MARKETPLACE by ETHEL TONRY CARPENTER A GHETTO CATCH by LELAND DAVIS |
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